These look nice, It's only taken then 4 years to get one of these on this route. Do you know if it's gone back to being operated by both Yeovil and Portland or are Portland still running it entirely (as they have done since mid/late 2021) (possibly due to driver shortages? I'm not sure). I'm not sure what 'CR' stands for either, but that's what all the former 'X' routes in that area are now called.
buses are rear engined and the intake is on the side and rear. they are literally nearly impossible to flood out! buses are really quite amazingly designed things...
@@johndonovan7018 I have driven out of water a lot less deep than this in a car and the braking at first try was non existent. It is hardly any effort so why not do it just to make sure it is all working?
because they dont stop working. you dont have to check. there is nothing to check, thats why. i know its something i was told too from old geezers back in the day. its what they were wrongly told and just rolled with it. @@michaeld5888
not really. at best they can slow the increase of speed downhill or maintain existing speed. the slower you go the less they work.....@@official_meelees
It's a bus, and follows a fixed route. The controller would have advised the driver to divert, only if it was absolutely necessary, and as it turns out, it wasn't.
too many people dont seem to know any of that. exhaust technically doesnt matter, there is enough pressure there with the engine running so water wont really enter. the intake is indeed high and at the rear and side. he needs to stop in 6ft deep water to flood it. if he drives the bus will push the water away from the rear so water will never be nearly high there. science and physics. buses are awesome
I don’t understand why you would drive through that flooding the bus with manky water. Plus commit a couple of driving offences to get on the road in the first place. A controller sitting in an office told you to use a closed road……really? This is idiotic.
I remember that day (Monday 04/12/23) well. I live West of Yeovil, and every single road running North-South between Crewkerne and the A303 was blocked or closed (including the A303 dual carriageway itself, which I've never known in 31 years of living here). The only way my wife could get home from work was for me to collect her with the farm tractor, driving along a deeply-flooded narrow lane which fortunately was passable despite being partially blocked by a broken-down BT van. You don't want to be reversing in a flood!
12" deep maximum I would have said looking at those stationary cars in the flood, As for any potential damage to the bus, There won't be any. That was just a puddle, People don't know how to drive through standing water and drive too fast.
The critical factor with a diesel engine is how high your engine air intake is. I've known someone wreck their Renault in less then 6 inches of water, whereas my Classic Defender (without a schnorkel) has been through almost 3 feet with water lapping over the top of the bonnet.
@@johndean4998 Totally agree, This is why I make it worth my while find out where my intake is on every car, Van and truck I have ever driven. Once you know where the intake is you know how deep you can go.
A bit of an abrupt ending, but still an enjoyable video. Thanks for posting. Your channel's never shown up before for me but I'll keep an eye on your channel as I liked this video.
I’m surprised he continued but he said his controller instructed him it was ok, again I’m surprised they would do that. What if the bus had broken down in the middle of that flooded road with those passengers inside. We’d be watching a different story and that driver out of a job, not sure the risk would be worth the reward?
@@joshuahawkes7218 hahaha Wtf are you on about? The exhaust on a bus is very much at the bottom And regardless, the exhaust position doesn't matter. It's the air intake that matters. If water gets into the engine through the intake, it hydrolocks.
@@jjmmjj9999 all the buses in my area, across 3 different manufacturers and 15 years of registration all have the exhaust at the top of the vehicle so I think you are talking out your arse on that front.
3ft deep water would ingress the bus far more than a little slopping about on the floor. The usual exaggeration of the inexperienced seeking hero worship. I will be interested to know how long before that vehicle brakes down due to water damage within components not designed to withstand immersion. Maybe months before wiring loom corrosion or seized brake parts show up.
